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Last season, All-America guard Jonathan Cooper fell just short of becoming the ACC’s first Outland Trophy winner since 1979.
Thursday, his old North Carolina teammate James Hurst was among a group of 12 league players that will try to break the drought in 2013.… Read More »

The senior guard, who graduated from Wilmington’s Hoggard High, is one of 11 ACC players to gain recognition as a preseason candidate for college football’s most prestigious award for linemen.… Read More »

Despite losing five defensive players to the NFL draft this spring, the Tar Heels still have plenty of talent left on that side of the ball if the preseason watch lists for the Chuck Bednarik and Bronko Nagurski awards are any indication.… Read More »